Ornamental tie holder



Jan. 5, 1937. 1 R LEDERER f 2,067,058

ORNAMENTAL TIE HOLDER Filed July 17, i934 Patented Jan. 5, 1937 ORNAMENTAL TIE HOLDER Irving R. Lederer, Providence, R. I.

Application July 17, i934, Serial No. 735,591

Claims.

My present invention relates to the jewelry art and has particular reference tothe construction of novel tie holders.

Tie holders or tie clipsV as heretofore used have 5 included parts which detachably engage the shirt and other parts which engage the tie so as to hold the tie in proper position relative to the shirt. These arrangements have had the disadvantageous features of gripping both the tie and the shirt firmly so that relative movement of the tie with respect to the shirt has been prevented. It is the principal object of my invention to devise a tie holder construction which may be readily detachably afxed to a shirt, and which receives the tie so as to hold the tie in fixed position re1- ative to the shirt, but is formed so as to permit vertical movement of the tie in the tie holder.

Another object of my invention is to provide a tie holder which has an ornamental front, the front being movable to an open position with respect to the shirt engaging part so as to permit the tie to be positioned over the shirt engaging parts, the front then being closed over the tie so as to hold the tie in proper position with respect to the shirt. A further object of my invention is to provide a construction for the shirt engaging parts that will facilitate application to or removal from the shirt while firmly retaining the tie holder on the shirt.

With the above and other advantageous features in view, my invention consists of a novel arrangement of parts more fully disclosed in the detailed description following, in conjunction with the accompanying drawing and more specifically dened in the claims appended hereto.

In the drawing,

Fig. 1 is a plan view of a further modified construction utilizing hinged links;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of Fig. 5; and

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the shirt engaging parts of Fig. 2 on the line 3 3 thereof.

It has been found advantageous to provide a tie holder which has parts for firmly gripping the shirt edge and a tie holder part which is connected to the shirt engaging parts but is spaced therefrom so as to hold the tie against relative lateral movement while permitting relative vertical movement. To this end, I have devised a tie 50 holder which has shirt engaging parts that are detachably engageable with a shirt edge, and a tie holder part which is spaced from the shirt engaging parts and which may be locked at one or at both ends to the shirt engaging parts.

The novel tie holder is preferably made to utilize a plurality of hingedly connected links as a tie holder element, these links being laterally shiftable, but having substantially no vertical drooping or draping effect.

To facilitate the engagement and disengagement of the shirt engaging parts with the shirt edge, I have provided a roller mechanism on these parts to facilitate quick application and removal of the tie holder, this mechanism, however, securely holding the tie holder in place on the shirt edge.

'Ihe tie holder is preferably formed as illustrated at 25 in Figs. 1 and 2, the tie holder element consisting of a plurality of separate links 26 which are hingedly connected together by means of hinge members 21, the two end links being hingedly connected to an intermediate spring plate or bar member 28 which has a frame member 29 either formed integral therewith or connected thereto by means of a connector sleeve 20, the bar and frame members functioning as a spring clip to detachably engage the shirt edge. A roller 3l is rotatably mounted on the frame 29, the roller preferably being tubular and mounted on aligned pivot pins 32 on the sides of the frame 29. Two spaced rollers is are similarly mounted on the bar 28, the rollers being positioned on each side oi the frame roller, whereby the three rollers are arranged in staggered formation, as indicated in Fig. 5, so as to rmly grip a shirt edge therebetween. The frame 29 has a downwardly turned edge 34 to facilitate insertion of the shirt engaging parts over the shirt edge.

It is thus clear that the novel invention comprises a tie holder which includes a shirt engaging element and a tie retaining element which is secured to the shirt engaging element but is spaced therefrom so as to freely permit vertical movement of the tie while preventing lateral movement or displacement thereof. The tie holder element preferably consists of a plurality of vertical links which are hingedly connected together, the connections being of sufficient size to prevent appreciable drooping or draping of the the holder links when horizontal, whereby the links extend across the tie face to provide a substantially linear ornamentation. Any size or width of link may be used, and any additional ornamentation such as initials or the like may be formed integral with or secured to the links. To facilitate attachment and detachment of the tie holder, the tie engaging parts are provided with cooperating roller grips, thus preventing pulling on the shirt edge.

While I have described a specific structural embodiment of my invention, and various modied constructions thereof, it is obvious that desired changes in the appearance, in the size of the parts, in the material used for the parts, and in their relative arrangement, may be made Without departing from the spirit and the scope of the invention as dened in the appended claims.

I claim:

1. In a tie holder, shirt engaging elements comprising an elongated linear member, and a tie holder element comprising a plurality of hingedly connected links, the hinge connections being perpendicular to the line of direction of said linear member, whereby said tie holder element has substantially no droop or sag.

2. In a tie holder, shirt engaging elements comprising an elongated linear member having a return bend at one end, a frame member forming an extension of said bend and resiliently pressed towards said linear member by said bend, and cooperating roller elements on said linear member and said frame member.

3. In a tie holder, shirt engaging elements comprising an elongated linear member having a return bend at one end, a frame member forming an extension of said bend and resiliently pressed towards said linear member by said bend, and cooperating roller elements on said linear member and said frame member comprising a roller element on one member and two roller elements on the other member, said roller elements being in alignment.

4. In a tie holder, shirt engaging elements comprising an elongated linear member having a return bend at one end, tie holder means secured thereto, a frame member forming an extension of said bend and resiliently pressed towards said linear member by said bend, said linear member having a roller element transversely positioned thereon for rolling engagement with a shirt hem.

5. In atie holder a shirt engaging element comprising an elongated linear member having a return bend at one end, a frame member adapted to be positioned in juxtaposed relation to said linear member, a connector securing one end of said frame member to said return bend, said frame member being resiliently pressed towards said linear member by said bend, said linear member having a roller element transversely positioned thereon.

4IRVING R. LEDERER. 

